Chouioia cunea Yang, 1989

Karami, Amene, Talebi, Ali Asghar, Gilasian, Ebrahim, Fathipour, Yaghoub & Mehrabadi, Mohammad, 2023, Native parasitoids of the fall webworm, Hyphantria cunea (Drury, 1773) (Lepidoptera, Erebidae), an invasive alien pest in northern Iran, Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 9 (1), pp. 81-101 : 84

Chouioia cunea Yang, 1989 ( Fig. 2B)

For taxonomical and morphological characters of this species see Yang (1989) and Boriani (1991).

Material examined. Iran, Guilan province, Rezvanshahr, Paresar, Sandian , (37°57′22.70″ N, 49°12′82.95″ E), 02.ix.2019, 18♂, 712♀; gregarious parasitoid on pupae of Hyphantria cunea , leg. A. Karami.

Distribution in Iran. Guilan ( Rezaei et al. 2003, current study)

General distribution. China (Beijing, Shaanxi, Shandong, Zhejiang), Georgia, Iran, Italy, Japan, South Korea and Turkey ( Yang, 1989; Boriani, 1994; Yang et al., 2006; Zhu & Huang, 2001; Konno et al., 2002; Rezaei et al., 2003; Japoshvili et al., 2006; Sullivan et al., 2011; Noyes, 2019) ( Fig. 4B).

Hosts. Lepidoptera : Hyphantria cunea (Drury, 1773) , Lymantria dispar (Linnaeus, 1758) , Stilpnotia salicis (Linnaeus, 1758) , S. candida Staudinger, 1892 , Ivela ochropoda (Eversmann, 1847) ( Erebidae ); Heliothis armigera (Hubner, 1808) ( Noctuidae ); Dendrolimus spectabilis Butler, 1877 ( Lasiocampidae ); Clostera anachoreta (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) , Micromelalopha troglodyta Graeser, 1890 ( Notodontidae ); Clania variegata ( Psychidae ); Ostrinia furnacalis Guenée, 1854 ( Crambidae ); Antheraea pernyi (Guerin-Meneville, 1855) ( Saturniidae ) and Tachinidae ( Diptera ) attacking Hyphantria cunea ( Yang, 1989; Boriani, 1991; Noyes, 2019).